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Description
Further work is needed to understand the pathological and physiological role for GLP-1 vs

GLP-1s have already demonstrated a track record of safety and mortality reduction that can benefit a large percentage of the population, many of whom have a substance use disorder

This discovery led to the development of exenatide, which in 2005 became the first GLP-1 receptor agonist approved by the FDA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM)

Abstract Aim Obesity is a global epidemic

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It was demonstrated, that metabolic disturbances in hypothalamic astrocytes, caused either by selective knock-out of insulin receptors or decreased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) modulated glucose transport via BBB and also led to modification in behavioral responses in experimental animals [95, 96]
